Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
KOCHI: Endosulfan is all set to be a major election issue in states like Kerala as despite the ban, endosulfan continues to be a major problem. And Karnataka has followed Kerala in enforcing a ban on the
Endosulfan poisoning in Kasaragod district has made the Kerala government cautious in its approach to use of pesticides. Agriculture minister M Retnakaran recently announced that the ban on extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in Kasaragod will be extended to Idukki district. The news augurs well for Idukki, known for its …
The Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of notices to the state government and Minister for Energy, Food and Civil supplies on a petition challenging the ban imposed on the use of Endosulphan pesticide. Justice B S Patil, hearing the petition filed by Endosulphan Manufacturers' and Formulators' Welfare Association (EMFWA) …
Farmers at large have found endosulfan does not harm pollinators. THE HINDU Farmers at large have found endosulfan does not harm pollinators. February 9, 2011: Strange is the interplay of money power, business interests and NGO politics. In most cases, farmers turn out to be victims. A recent notification of …
Apart from India, other developing countries such as China and Argentina have opposed the EU's proposal. Food prices would shoot up further, if Europe has its way on its proposal at a global green forum to ban a cheaper generic pesticide -endosulfan -across the world. "A ban on endosulfan would …
The city-based NGO Thanal has dismissed allegations raised by the Pesticide Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) that Thanal had been receiving funds from European Union to run media campaign against endosulphan as absolutely baseless. ''This is just part of an orchestrated move to create media hype before the …
MUMBAI: Pesticide Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) has alleged that Thanal, an NGO working in Kerala, and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), based in New Delhi, have been using funds pumped by the European Union (EU) for running false media campaign in Kerala against the Endosulfan …
Endosulfan sulfate is a persistent environmental metabolite of endosulfan, an organochlorine insecticide–acaricide presently registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. There is, however, limited acute fish toxicity data for endosulfan sulfate. This study determines the acute toxicity (LC50s and LC10s) of endosulfan sulfate to three inland Florida native fish …
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition.
Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in December announced that his government would consider banning endosulfan. The highly toxic pesticide is banned in over 70 countries. The assurance has come too late and is too little for the hundreds of people in Dakshina Kannada district, like Santosh Menzes, who are …
Kanhangad: The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee would launch an indefinite hunger strike from February 19, raising demands like distribution of Plantation Corporation of Kerala's land to pesticide victims, rehabilitation of victims' families and writing off of their loans, among other things, its district convenor A. Kunhikrishnan said. Statement flayed He added …
Evidence is piling up showing the aerial spraying of Endosulfan in Kasaragod district by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala not only caused deleterious health effects but also impoverished the local population. The State-owned Corporation is yet to offer any relief, though it has agreed to follow government directive in respect …
A people's convention against the use of Endosulfan decided to strengthen the ongoing agitation demanding a nation-wide ban on the pesticide. P. J. James, central committee member of CPI (ML), who inaugurated the programme accused the Union government of protecting the interests of the pesticide makers while ignoring the plight …
Recent meeting of Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee (POPRC), a subsidiary body of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was held at Geneva on 15th of October, 2010 in which the member nations especially European Union lobby strongly voiced for a global ban on the production and use …
Caricatures, many a time, act as satires on various raging issues that engulf the world. However, at times, they act as a medium of introspection as well. The awareness programme that is being organised by the Kerala Cartoon Academy has set out on a unique mission. Conducted on the sidelines …
K. Muraleedharan has urged the Union Ministry of Agriculture to intervene and impose a complete ban on Endosulfan in the plantations run by the Kerala State Plantation Corporation. Inaugurating the Malabar Region Anti-Endosulfan Convention here recently, he sought a proper study by the National Institute of Occupational Health in this …
A survey done by Kerala government in October shows 2,210 people from 11 gram panchayats in Kasaragod are affected by endosulfan. But the muted figure did not go down well with activists fighting for endosulfan victims as the survey was done in three-four days and covered only a part of …
